YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

I just wanted to say hello and I hope everyone is having a good weekend. I forced myself to attend a meetup event yesterday for people with social anxiety and it went fine despite all my irrational worries and fears. Social anxiety is certainly a major problem for me but my hypochondria is way worse. It causes me a kind of fear and debilitating terror I wish upon nobody. And it's not all hypochondria, there are real health problems I face but the amount of worry and fear that accompanies them is just off the rails. It's gotten so much worse in the last couple years, I'm hoping therapy will improve my condition so I can soon start enjoying life again. Thanks for reading

Hi! Thanks for posting.

I hope things continue to get better for you. Keep us posted.

Good job!!

Hi! I too suffer from Social Anxiety you are not alone my friend, welcome.

Thanks for the positive words and warm welcomes guys. I hope everyone has a good safe weekend.